Members of Joe Biden’s family privately trashed his top campaign advisers at Camp David this weekend, blaming them for the president’s flop in Thursday’s debate and urging Biden to fire or demote people in his political high command. There is no immediate expectation that Biden will follow through on that advice, according to three people […]
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday signed a roughly $50.5 billion budget for the next fiscal year but slashed more than 170 items approved by state lawmakers. The budget Parson signed is about $1 billion less than the $51.7 billion spending plan lawmakers passed last month. Items that Parson vetoed included $5 million for a […]
(Bloomberg) — Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s poor handling of a ruling party slush fund scandal has triggered mistrust among voters, his predecessor said in an interview Sunday, adding a sense of change would be needed at an upcoming party leadership election. Most Read from Bloomberg “A lot of people are suspicious over the fact […]
During Iran’s election campaign, the moderate presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has criticized the country’s strict headscarf policy for women. “I promise that I will stop this behaviour that is happening to our daughters and sisters on the streets,” the former health minister said in front of hundreds of supporters in Tehran on Sunday. Recently, the […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm on Wednesday criticized France for running up excessive debt, a stinging rebuke at the height of an election campaign where President Emmanuel Macron is facing a strong challenge from the extreme right and the left. France was one of seven nations instructed by the EU Commission to […]
Insights from Jewish Insider, The Guardian, Reuters, and Haaretz The News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved his six-member war cabinet, officials said Monday, a week after the resignation of the centrist opposition leader Benny Gantz. The Jewish Insider reported that a source said the cabinet was formed as “part of the coalition agreement […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was critical of plans announced Sunday by his military to hold 11-hour pauses in fighting along a main road into Gaza to facilitate getting aid into the bomb-stricken area. Reuters reported that the Israeli military announced daily pauses in battle from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time between Kerem […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The bitter primary that saw nearly a dozen Republican Senate candidates swipe at retired Army Capt. Sam Brown is fading out of view for some, who say their quest to take down incumbent Democrat Sen. Jacky Rosen trumps any intra-party grievances from a bitter Republican primary. Not runner-up Jeff Gunter. “The […]
The moderate Iranian presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed cautious criticism of the repressive measures used to enforce Iran’s headscarf laws. Today, women are penalized because their clothing does not comply with the regulations, the former health minister said in an interview published on Tuesday in the newspaper Hammihan. “Were we to blame for not […]
Jun. 8—ANDERSON — The family of a man killed in a shooting involving a Madison County Sheriff’s deputy expressed frustration Saturday about a perceived lack of communication from authorities. They said their unanswered questions lead them to believe certain elements of the case are being covered up. Linda Noethtich, a sister of Lataurus Ladon Harrison, […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez is voicing his criticisms of the nearly $4 billion budget recently approved by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. The county budget included funds for distributing two million tents to the homeless and five million syringes. Gonzalez took umbrage with the syringe funds, which a Multnomah […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has criticized China for boycotting the Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland later this month. In a podcast interview with Germany’s regional public broadcaster NDR, Stoltenberg said it was regrettable that China had decided not to participate. Switzerland has invited around 160 countries to the event on June 15 and 16 […]